From fba946b36d7b32eefa4c164fbb48702516e81c35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pradyun Gedam Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2021 15:05:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update note on the legacy resolver's removal --- docs/html/user_guide.rst | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/html/user_guide.rst b/docs/html/user_guide.rst index 92887885baf..61e0cdf0769 100644 --- a/docs/html/user_guide.rst +++ b/docs/html/user_guide.rst @@ -1857,9 +1857,11 @@ We plan for the resolver changeover to proceed as follows, using environments, pip defaults to the old resolver, and the new one is available using the flag ``--use-feature=2020-resolver``. -* pip 21.0: pip uses new resolver, and the old resolver is no longer - available. Python 2 support is removed per our :ref:`Python 2 - Support` policy. +* pip 21.0: pip uses new resolver by default, and the old resolver is + no longer supported. It will be removed after a currently undecided + amount of time, as the removal is dependent on pip's volunteer + maintainers' availability. Python 2 support is removed per our + :ref:`Python 2 Support` policy. Since this work will not change user-visible behavior described in the pip documentation, this change is not covered by the :ref:`Deprecation